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Ann Jennett Brown

Embroidered picture, ca. 1820

Description

Maker

  • Ann Jennett Brown, b. 1797, American

Title

Embroidered picture

Year

ca. 1820

Medium

Embroidered silk with watercolor

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • silk,
  • watercolor

Techniques

  • stem stitch,
  • plain weave,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • satin stitch,
  • knotted stitches,
  • painted

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On glass frame below embroidered picure: "Wrought by ANN-J-BROWN at DAY's Academy, under the instruction of Miss Fuller"

Place

Wrentham; Massachusetts

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of the estate of Florence K. Gurney

Object Number

72.038

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

These Golden Arts

June 18 - August 14, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Embroidered picture with the accession number of 72.038. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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